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PATENTED PEB.23,1904.

P. A. FLUTIE. HOUSE GOWN.

APPLIUATION FILED ma. 5. 1902.

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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

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PATENT OEEIcE.

HOUSE-GOWN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 53,131 dated February23, 1904. Applicatiun filed March 5,1903. Serial No. 146,397. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FARE DIE A. FLUTIE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Wash-e I ington, District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHouse-Gowns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gowns generally, but more particularly to ahouse-gown of an oriental type for a gentleman; and it consists of theparts to be hereinafter more fully set out.

In the drawings, Figurel is a plan view of the integral back, front, andshoulder portions. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the gores used inthe gown. Fig. 3 is a similar viewof the sleeve-piece. Fig. 4 is aviewof the sleeve-piece folded. Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Figs. 3and 4 of a slightly-modified form of sleeve. Fig. 7 is a plan view of aroll-collar piece. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the complete garment.Fig. 9 is a detail view of the same, broken away, showing the modifiedsleeve. F

1 represents the back .portion of the garment, the sides 2 of which arestraight and at right angles to the bottom 3. The back porthe front ofthe garment and giving additional width to the body of the garment.

6 is a roll collar pattern designed to fit within the neck portion 7 anddown along the inner edges of the gores 5. a

The sleeve-pattern comprises a rectangular piece to be folded uponitself along a central line, the sleeve shown in Figs. 3 and 4 being along narrow piece folded in the center along its narrowest dimension.The modified form the body of the garment with two seams.

In building a garment according to my invention the outer edges ofthe'strips 4 are sewed to the edges 2 of the back portion 1, therebyforming the front and back as Weill 1as e gores 5 are sewed to the inneredges of the strips 4 to give additional width through the body of thegarment, while the fabric cut according to the collar-pattern isfolded'lengthwise upon itself to form a roll-collar, the edges of whichare sewed to the neck portion 7 and to the inner edges of the gores 4. v

The fabric out according to the sleeve-pattern shown in Figs. 3 and 4 isfolded across its shortest dimension, its lower edges being stitchedtogether, while the outer edges are stitched together only aboutone-half their length, as shown in Fig. 4 bydotted lines, the inneredges of the sleeve being stitched to thestrips 4 and back portion 1,respectively, as will be readily understood by all dressmakers, thespace above the stitching on the outer end of the sleeve forming thearmhole, while the space immediately below the armhole forms a pocket,access to which is had through the armhole.

. The modified form of sleeve is stitched along its long side, while oneend is secured to the body of the garment in the well-known way. Iffound desirable, a gusset may be secured between the sleeve and the bodyof the garment in the Well-known manner, the gusset being a square piecefolded diagonally. A roll-back culf may be secured to the outer end ofthe sleeve, according to the individual taste.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 1. A gown,comprising a straight back,

strips extending along the lines of the sides of the back and integraltherewith to form the neck, shoulder, and front portions of the garment,gores fitting within the strips below the neck portion, to giveadditional width to the garment at the bottom, and a straight rollcollarpiece fitting within the neck portion and extending down along the edgeof the gores, and a sleeve comprising a straight piece folded uponitself and stitched.

2. A gown, comprising a straight back,

' strips extending along the lines of the sides of IO gores, a sleevecomprising a straight piece folded and stitched along the lower edgeapproximately half-way up its edges to form a pocket in the lowerportion of the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FABEEDIE A. FLUTIE.

Witnessesz JULIAN A. FLUTIE, EDWIN S. CLARKsoN.

